Scoop



J. L. MITCHAM AND J. W. BURNS.

SCOOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1918- 1,313,408 Patented Aug. 19,1919.

I INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTOR N EY ITED STATES rATniNT ornifon.

JAMES L. Mi'ro ima AND JAMES w. norms, or ROCKDALE, sexes- L sooor. H v

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application filed February 28, 1918. Serial No. 219,726.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES L. MITCHAM and JAMES W. BURNS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Rockdale, in the county of Milam andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inScoops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to scoops, and more particularly to a scoop ofthe wheel type.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a scoop of thecharacter stated of simple construction and operation which may beproduced at comparatively small cost. A further object is to provide ascoop rockably mounted on a supporting axle and securely braced theretoso as to prevent any looseness or play of the scoop proper. A furtherobject is to provide an operating handle for tilting and lifting thescoop which extends the full width thereof, this handle being soassociated with a foot rest as to provide a gripping rod when theoperator is standing upon the rest. Further objects will appear from thedetailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a scoop constructed in accordance with ourinvention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

The scoop body or shovel 1 may be of any suitable or well knownconstruction. This body is suspended from and rockably mounted on thecentral dropped portion 2 of the supporting cranked axle, at each end ofwhich is a spindle carrying a ground wheel 4. Brace rods 5 are securedat their forward ends to the side walls 6 of the scoop shovel 1 and havetheir upper ends secured about the spindles 3. These rods serve tomaintain the scoop 1 in proper relation to the central dropped portion 2of the axle and, being positioned adjacent the vertical arms 7 of theaxle, serve to brace the scoop against lateral movement.

A11 upwardly and rearwardly inclined arm 8 is secured to each side wall6 of the shovel adjacent the rearward end thereof. A hand rod 9 issecured between the upper ends of arms 8, and cooperates therewith toform a handle for tilting the shovel 1 about the axle. An angular footrest 10 is secured to the back wall 11 of the shovel at the transversecenter thereof. This foot rest is so positioned that when the operatoris standing thereon he can readily grasp the hand rod 9 so as to holdhimself in position while the scoop is being drawn to the place at whichit is desired to discharge the material therein, the weight of theoperator thus counterbalancing the material contained within the shovel1 in advance of the axle 3 so as to prevent forward and downward tippingof the scoop.

As will be noted more particularly from Fig. 1 of the drawings, scoopshovel 1 projects farther in front of the axle 3 than in the rearthereof. For this reason there is a tendency for the scoop to rockdownward and forward about the dropped center 2 so as to bring theforward edge thereof into engagement with the ground surface. Thistendency is overcome by the operator who throws his weight on the footrest, and when it is desired to empty the scoop, it is only necessaryfor the operator to step off of the foot rest 10 permitting the frontedge of the scoop to engage the ground surface, and as the scoop isdrawn forwardly, the shovel 1 will be rocked about the bar 2 lifting theaxle and the wheels carried thereby from the ground and discharging thecontents of the shovel. By constructing the scoop in this manner, theoperator may ride upon the scoop when carrying a load and, by the simpleexpedient of stepping off of the foot rest 10, the scoop will beautomatically dumped. This scoop is of extremely simple construction andmay, therefore be produced at comparatively small cost.

What we claim is:

In a scoop, the combination with an axle having a dropped center andspindles at its extremities supported by ground wheels; of a scoopshovel disposed wholly below the line of the spindles and having itsside walls hung on the dropped portion of the axle, its front edge beingpositioned to travel just above the surface of the earth and nora, footrest on said rear .end whereby the mally engaging the same bypreponderance In testimony whereof We afiix our signaof weight, a handleupstanding from the tures in presence of two witnesses, rear end of thescoop, braces from the side JAMES L MITCHAM wallsto the handle and tosand spmdles, and JAMES W. BURNS operator may place his Weight thereonand Witnesses:

ralse the front edge of thescoop, for the A. A. OFFIELD,

purpose set forth. JNO. L. WARD.-

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